T-Blockers

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T-Blockers

2023

1h 15m

Horror

LGBTQ+

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In small-town Australia, a nightmare is brewing. Sophie is a young filmmaker obsessed with finding a thought-to-be long-lost film. Meanwhile, an earthquake unleashes ancient parasites in the area that thrive on hatred, causing outbursts of violence. Now Sophie and her friends, struggling with dating and their undesirable jobs, must also face off against an ancient evil that spreads like wildfire.

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Andrea Thompson

Chicago Reader

When the terror proves to be all too real, Sophie and her crew fight back in the face of alt-right rallies and despair, and T Blockers forces us to question our ability to recognize monsters and oppressive regimes alike.

Sep 22, 2023

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Drew Gregory

Autostraddle

The character dynamics are low-key and honest in a way we rarely get in trans cinema of any genre.

Aug 18, 2023

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Alexandra Heller-Nicholas

AWFJ.org

With T Blockers Mackay continues to consolidate her position as the future face of the horror genre

Aug 17, 2023

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Samantha McLaren

Horror Press

With a predominantly queer, nonbinary, and trans cast and crew, and central characters it’s easy to love, T Blockers is a real treat for queer horror fans

Aug 1, 2025

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Mattie Lucas

trans|cendental cinema

That the protagonist is herself a transgender filmmaker reveals how personal this film is for Mackay, essentially a self-insert in which she and her friends use their queerness and their art to combat ignorance and hate.

Feb 4, 2025

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Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana

Moving Pictures Film Club

a thoroughly enjoyable B-movie sci-fi which proves that Alice Maio Mackay is a pioneer of queer independent horror.

Rated: 4/5

Jul 9, 2024

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Amelie M

This was really awful. The story line was all over the place and the acting was so bad. I think it's great that this came from a 19 year old, which is an amazing achievement. It was just not watchable.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

03/09/25

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James W

This was written and directed by a 19-year-old, so on that level it's a hell of an achievement. There are some decent sequences, it made me laugh a couple of times and she gets great performances out of most of the cast. Unfortunately, the script is a mess. The pacing is way off (the film is half over before our heroine even discovers her town has been infested with mind-robbing parasites) and the alternating between low-energy slice-of-life comedy and camp B-movie doesn't really work. It name-drops John Waters but doesn't have his kind of punky, deranged energy, which isn't a criticism in of itself, but a drop of that might have carried the low-budget monster movie shenanigans a bit. Technically it's all over the place too; some scenes look great, while others are so underlit they're practically indecipherable, and the audio mixing for the dialogue is awful but there are some great tunes on the soundtrack. The gushing professional reviews are baffling, but this is still impressive from such a young writer/director, and she obviously has talent. Give her 5-10 years and we could get something really special from her.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

11/24/24

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Dutch C

Amazing film. Saw it at a local Boston queer film festival.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/30/24

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The Fan A

An absolute delight. Walked away from this feeling the joy I felt after seeing John Waters for the first time.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

04/30/24

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Dogon B

Scary, brilliant film! Looks like a bunch of right wing Neo-Nazis are trying to downgrade this awesome movie.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/24/24

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prawnda s

sometimes, cute and stupid *are* enough. anyways, it's a decent film in some ways, but it kind of feels like this extended silent/ambient sequence near the climax was just a way to cover for them running out of script. it would be a pretty good watch if they finished it :/

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

03/11/24

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Synopsis

In small-town Australia, a nightmare is brewing. Sophie is a young filmmaker obsessed with finding a thought-to-be long-lost film. Meanwhile, an earthquake unleashes ancient parasites in the area that thrive on hatred, causing outbursts of violence. Now Sophie and her friends, struggling with dating and their undesirable jobs, must also face off against an ancient evil that spreads like wildfire.

Director: Alice Maio Mackay
Producer: Alice Maio Mackay, Erin Paterson
Screenwriter: Alice Maio Mackay, Benjamin Pahl Robinson
Distributor: Dark Star Pictures
Production Co: One Manner Productions
Genre: Horror, LGBTQ+
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 5, 2024
Runtime: 1h 15m

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